BlockFrom the record
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Le Sueur County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hotel Broz
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 212 W. Main, New Prague, 56071
- When was it listed? March 1982
- Category. building
- Also known as. Le Sueur County MRA
- City. New Prague city
- Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 82004704 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hotel Broz in 1993, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | not named |
Storms near this property
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Prague, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Hail | New Prague | $20,000,000 | Numerous houses and vehicles damaged by wind-driven hail. Damage estimate for entire county. |
| August 2006 | Hail | New Prague | $1,000,000 | Vehicles, homes and businesses damaged on the south side of New Prague. |
| November 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | $1,000 | Roof and siding damage occurred at a home in New Prague. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | New Prague | - | A total of 3 to 6 inches of rain fell from multiple rounds of thunderstorms. CoCoRaHS observers measured 5.80 inches near Waterville. |
| May 2022 | Hail | New Prague | - | There was a Facebook picture of golf ball size hail in New Prague. |
| June 2021 | Hail | New Prague | - | Social media had a picture of golf ball size hail near new Prague. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | Several large trees were blown down in New Prague, plus a road sign was blown down at the intersection of Highway 13, and 19, east of New Prague. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | New Prague | - | A weak circulation developed south of New Prague and moved across the far southwest and western part of town, into Scott County. There was minor tree damage which matched up with radar. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | New Prague | - | A measured rainfall amount of 3.83 inches fell in less than 3 hours. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | New Prague | - | Several dozen trees were broken, garage doors were dented in, and damage was done to siding, soffits, and shingles on numerous houses. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | A large tree fell onto a house at the intersection of Central Avenue and First Street SE. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | A wind gust of 66 MPH was recorded by a MNDOT weather sensor. Trees and power lines were downed nearby. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | Reported by MNDOT road weather system. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2012 | Hail | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | First National Bank | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Hilltop Hall | 7.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Westerman Lumber Office and House | 7.3 miles | 1982 |
| Montgomery Commercial Historic District | 7.3 miles | 2021 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82004704 in Record Group 79. |
| Le Sueur County | All 28 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.